As I wrap up my series on baking soda I want to share with you my favorite use for baking soda, science experiments!
Keeping a box of baking soda on hand for some fun experiments with your kids will almost guarantee you mom of the year! Last week we were studying the layers of the earth and we made a volcano erupt in the kitchen.
It is a very simple experiment and your kids can help because it is totally safe!
Supplies:
- Glass
- Baking Soda
- Vinegar
- Red Food Coloring
- Baking Sheet
Set the glass on an empty baking sheet. Fill the glass half full with vinegar. Add enough red food coloring to turn the water red. Have the kids sprinkle in some baking soda and stand back.
You’ll have a wonderful fizzy explosion! You can keep adding baking soda for continuous explosions for several minutes.
Neither baking soda or vinegar is harmful to children so this is an experiment they can conduct all by themselves!
Here are some other fun baking soda science experiments.
Bubble Bomb: Same idea as the volcano but in a plastic baggie, so it actually explodes.
Bubble Volcano: Similar to our volcano but with bubbles, definitely fun for the little kids.
Fizz Inflator: Inflate a ballon using only vinegar and baking soda.
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I use this trick to keep my drains running smoothly.
My kids would love to try out the bubble volcano!
How much fun is this? My kids love playing with baking soda and vinegar!
I personally have used it as a drain declogger! Thanks!
I do a volcano with the kids regularly……in my sink when I clean/sanitize my drains as part of my regular cleaning schedule LOL Fun for them while we do some cleaning
We have doen that for a volcano as well, such fun!!!
I do a volcano often and it does an excellent job cleaning my kitchen pipes.
I always hated science when I was a homeschooled kid, but now I wish I had paid more attention.
It took me until college to discover those experiments are FUN!
I homeschool so this is an awesome experiment we are goingt to do this year!!!!!!
This sounds like fun! Right on time for my 3 year old who finds every excuse to bring his stool into the kitchen to “help” with whatever I happen to be doing at that moment.
Oh, I want to do the bubble volcano with my little ones!
We do this on our drains…A nice way to “refreshen” them also. Science projects/experiments will be coming up soon, so we’ll have to keep this idea in mind!!
My youngest will love this post. He’s obsessed with baking soda and vinegar right now.
How fun, my kids will LOVE this!!!
i use vinegar and baking soda to clean the drains
Love your website! SO many helpful tips I’ve used!
Such a versatile product!
Oh – my kids would love the volcano experiment! I will have to try that one soon!
We’ve had a rough day so far…I think the volcano is just the thing to do this afternoon to add some excitement. Thanks for the post.
We build a sand volcano and do this. The kids love it and there is nothing to clean up, it just absorbs into the sand.
This looks like so much fun! Thanks
going to do this right now!! thanks for the good idea.
We just tried the Bubble Volcano and the kids loved it!
I’ve not yet done this with my kiddos. Thank you for the reminder!
This never gets old! I made mini volcanoes out of insulation for a party activity this weekend for my son’s 6th birthday. They will make each erupt, can’t wait!
When my daughter was younger, she used to love to see the baking soda and vinegar foam when put together to clean the bathtub!
Oh how I love baking soda!
I just used vinegar and baking soda in my RV to clear a sluggish drain.
ill have to try this with my kids.
This experiment looks fun! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the experiment. We are going to try this one.
Thanks!!
I’ll have to tell my son about the using a bag. He will love it!
Wow! Thanks for the reminder.. my three kidlets will love this!! Add to the fact that I can clean my sink at the same time.. it’s a Win-Win!
Can’t wait to try it out tomorrow with the kiddies!
My new favorite use for baking soda is to make a paste with the soda and dishsoap, and use it to clean my shower. It works better on soap scum than anything I’ve ever used!
My little boys would have fun with these science experiements. They look like a lot of fun. I am having fun with many of your ideas tonight. I’m glad I found your website! Thankyou!!
Laura
Vinegar and baking soda are a winning combo. Hard to keep house without them.
I use baking soda to make the garbage disposal smell better.
We love experiments and love how baking soda does fun things!
My kids love these kind of experiments. Would love to try more like these.
We plan on doing the volcano experiment on Friday for our Homeschooling!
What a fun experiment
This would be a fun project for my son. He’d like the Fizz Inflator.
Just found your blog from a friend’s post on facebook, and I’m loving it! Great give aways too!
Can’t wait to read more!
I bought a huge bag of baking soda at the warehouse club and use it to clean my drains, scrub the shower, scrub toilets, and more.
My son would love watching this
One year for my son’s birthday party we had a dinosaur theme. We made fossils, dug for fossils and made volcanoes, including the eruptions. The kids took their volcanoes home with them after the explosions. It was great!! Much better take home than a bunch of candy to rot their teeth!!! Gotta love that baking soda!!!
so cool! I’m going to do these with my kids. They will love blowing up the balloon…
I can’t wait to show this to my 8 year old grandson this weekend! I just found your site yesterday and was up until 3 AM reading your journals.
love you
Your post reminded me I need to clean the drains with some vinegar and baking soda. You really can use that stuff for so many things!
This looks like so much fun!
I remember doing these experiments when I was young.
Your blog is so good! I’ve only recently found it and wonder how I ever did without it!! And these baking soda and vinegar experiments will soon be done by my two grandsons!! I know they will enjoy doing them. I’m looking forward to reading your archives for things that I’ve missed — making up for lost time. Keep up the good work!
I use it for my drains and experiments.
use baking soda and vinegar to clean my drains – this looks more fun, though!
I’d love a gift card!
My two little boys would love to do experiments like this!!!!
Baking soda has so many uses! My son loves science experiments. Thanks for the ideas.
Love it…going to try with my girls
Fun! We need to try the Bubble Bomb!
Such a great and easy experiment for my kids!
I used to have the kids get 20 ounce or 1 liter soda bottles and design it like a rocket. It helped keep the mess outside and the kids got some fresh air.
Can’t wait to try with my kiddo’s. I remember doing this but always forget to do it with mine.
I made a volcano when I was little.
This looks like it would be fun for the kiddos
Looks messy but fun!
Just tried the bubble bomb with my 13 year old and he loved it! Its nice to find cheap family friendly things to do with the kids.
We love playing with baking soda and vinegar. I need to try the balloon though. My son will really like that.
My daughter would have fun playing with the volcano!
GREAT PICS!! I love the comment about “Mom of the year” too*S*
Thank you for all you share!
Kellie
I love finding more fizzy uses for baking soda! My kids love all these experiments… Over and over and over.
I never thought about using bubbles to make a volcano. I think we might try it next week. I know my boys would LOVE it!
I loved doing this as a child. My kids did this inside plastic water bottles last year. Made a big bang!
Going to have to try this. I already use baking soda and vinegar to clean with, so I have everything I need. Thanks for sharing & God bless =)
My children have really enjoyed the experiments we have done this year involving baking soda. They always give exciting results.
my daughter been talking about this all, including putting in a penny to get it clean, hopefully we will have time tomorrow to do it.
My four year olds LOVE these experiments!
This is SO FUN! My boys would absolutely love this! I honestly see us doing all three! My boys love science & what little kid wouldn’t love making those erruptions & explosions!! Thank you so much for sharing.